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in SeasonsWhy X-Men ’97 Is the Best Thing You’ll See on TV in 2024
Calling it here and now: X-Men ‘97 was, is, and will be the best thing on television we see in 2024. Whether on quote/unquote “traditional” television or one of the numerous streaming services that most people seem to watch TV shows on nowadays, nothing else from this year even comes close to what X-Men ‘97 […] More
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My Love of Goosebumps Almost Masks My Existential Terror About the Current State of TV
The following review contains some spoilers for Disney+/Hulu’s Goosebumps (2023) Let me let you in on a secret: the best part of Disney+/Hulu’s new Goosebumps series is, oddly enough, how un-Goosebumps it often feels. Let me explain. While Goosebumps—as part of what I consider to be the holy trinity of entry-level kid’s horror along with […] More
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How I Met Your Mother: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Ending
Where do I start with “Last Forever,” the mind-boggling (and mind-bogglingly bad) finale of How I Met Your Mother? For that matter, where do I start with How I Met Your Mother? Sometimes, a particular piece of media, whether it’s a TV show, a movie, or even a particular album or song, feels intimately tied […] More
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It’s Long Past Time for Galavant To Ride Again
Oh, Galavant. Poor, poor, poor, poor Galavant. You indeed had your glorious, all-too-brief moment in the sun, but as is so often the case with that which shines brightly, you burned out all too soon. If only you had come out a few years later, you probably would have lived a long and healthy life […] More
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Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special — Humor, Heart, and Horniness Galore
For years now I’ve been singing the praises of HBO Max’s Harley Quinn. It’s a show that has consistently remained one of the few bright spots in the DC film and television universe, one that is otherwise marred in a sea of consistently underwhelming films, universe rebuilds, and projects that have just…disappeared amidst a big, […] More
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in Doctor Who, Standout SeasonsDoctor Who’s First Season Is Absolutely Fantastic
Fittingly enough for a show based around time travel, revisiting the first season of Doctor Who’s 2005 revival feels like opening a time capsule of sorts. The series’ previous glory days as a staple of British television were long behind it, an attempt at a revival in the mid-90s went nowhere, and the show wouldn’t […] More
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House of the Dragon’s Season 1 Finale Reveals a Show Reprehensible to the End
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E10, “The Black Queen” (written by Ryan J. Condal and directed by Greg Yaitanes) For starters, a content warning: this article is going to talk about miscarriages and infant death. Ideally, you’re reading this after watching House of the Dragon’s “The Black Queen” and already know […] More
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House of the Dragon S1E9: “The Green Council” Gets Off on the Wrong Foot
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E9, “The Green Council” (written by Sara Hess and directed by Claire Kilner Oh House of the Dragon…how you frustrate me so. After what looked like the start of a solid run to close out the season, “The Green Council” is a disappointingly subpar outing to […] More
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House of the Dragon S1E8: “The Lord of the Tides” — It’s a Trap!
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E8, “The Lord of the Tides” (written by Eileen Shim and directed by Geeta Vasant Patel After the hit-or-miss quality of House of the Dragon’s first half and the atrocious, boring pseudo-pilot that kicked off the season’s second half, it’s astonishing how good the show has […] More
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House of the Dragon S1E7: “Driftmark” — Knives Out
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E7, “Driftmark” (written by Kevin Lau and directed by Miguel Sapochnik) Last week, House of the Dragon all but lost me as a viewer. Rather than maintaining the momentum from the first half of the season or accelerating things further, the long-anticipated time skip instead brought […] More
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in EpisodesHouse of the Dragon S1E6: “The Princess and the Queen” — I Give Up
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E6, “The Princess and the Queen” (written by Sara Hess and directed by Miguel Sapochnik) I’ll just come right out and say it: this week’s episode of House of the Dragon is not only one of the worst episodes of television I’ve seen in recent memory, […] More
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in EpisodesHouse of the Dragon S1E5 — Two and a Half Funerals and a Wedding
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon S1E5, “We Light the Way” (written by Charmaine De Grate and directed by Clare Kilner) In the original run of Game of Thrones, Episode 9 was typically “the big one,” the one where major events of the season would happen and ensure that we got a […] More